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Data Leak
02:21
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I’ve got a data leak for you
You thought you had secrets now that’s through
Everyone knows you business everyone knows your secrets
Everyone else knows everything you do
Data leak when we meet
Date leak week after week
Data leak got me beat
Prayers are for the weak
Data leak...
I’ve got no secrets left my life’s an open book
You can turn the pages if you need to look
I’ve no data to leak I’ve no data to sell
I’ve nothing worth stealing as well
Data leak when we meet
Date leak week after week
Data leak got me beat
Prayers are for the weak
Data leak...
words by Russ
music by Andy
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Alternative VU
02:14
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This is Doug Yule’s world
And we’re just visiting
Alternative VU
He decides who lives and who dies
And if anyone asks
Where his power comes
One squeeze and the power’s gone
And that’s where his power lies
Alternative VU
What's that to do with you!
Alternative VU
What's that to do with you?
It's like Lou Reed never happened
Doug made the band his own
And then put out his own record
And brought in his brother so he was not alone
Little more than a footnote
Or a crossword clue
The kind of news that keeps your chips warm
Who remembers Doug Yule?
Alternative VU
What's that to do with you!
Alternative VU
It's nothing to do with you?
words by Russ
music by Andy
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Nineteen 93
04:08
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The end came quickly
my life went through my grasp like sand
my dreams and future
turned to dust in my hand
my friends and family
one way or another were lost to me
they couldn't cope with
the person I'd turned out to be
I didnt know myself
I didn't know what I'd become
I can't cope with failure
even if it was the failure I'd become
you might hate me
My shabby clothes, my hair of lack of wealth
it could never match my despising
of the weaknesses inside myself
oh, so you're leaving
I was going to buy another round
don't worry I'll get one for you
the next time you're in this part of town
I didn't mean to bother you
saves me talking to myself
but you reminded me
of a younger version of myself
It's nearly time now
it's about time I was done
but there's one thing
I need to say before I'm gone
I've been through everything
the tears I've shed from these blue eyes
and when I die
I reckon all I'll feel is mild suprise
words by Russ
music by Andy
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House of God (part 3)
01:46
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I am a spy
In the house of god
What I’m seeing
Don't make much sense
If this is some attempt
At evoking mystery
Then you’ll find my interest
Has been dispensed
Ancient ceremony
Behind painted screens
No one remembers
what the hell it means
Who begat who?
The where when and how
Sorry but the force means more
than what you’re doing now
words by Russ
music by Andy
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Lonely Night in Colne
04:05
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it’s another lonely night in Colne
Another night and I’m on my own
Another night with nothing to do
Except relax and deride the view
I’m beset by fantasies
Of running naked through the town
Or in an attempt to alleviate the boredom
Burnng the fucker down
it’s another lonely night in Colne
Another night and I’m on my own
Another night with nothing to do
Except relax and deride the view
Just to wallow in the tedium
I sit and stare at my feet
It passes time for hours and hours
Sometimes days I thought I forgot
it’s another lonely night in Colne
Another night and I’m on my own
Another night with nothing to do
Except relax and deride the view
Looking for where the wallpaper pattern
Breaks where I gave up
Next time it’s just beige all over
Back to neutral colour all wrapped up
it’s another lonely night in Colne
Another night and I’m on my own
Another night with nothing to do
Except relax and deride the view
If I could only talk
But I think I lost the art o conversation
It’s been so long since I
Spoke to anyone other than myself
I’m alone in Colne now
But I’d be alone most everywhere
Another night alone
If I had the time to care
it’s another lonely night in Colne
Another night and I’m on my own
Another night with nothing to do
Except relax and deride the view
words by Russ
music by Andy
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No Job For A Man
03:08
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It's sort of a disappointment
But not the end of it all
So why are you carrying on like this
Like the heavens are about to fall
It's the same since records began
when you said it’s no job for a man
It's the same since records began
when you said it’s no job for a man
You know these things can happen
And it’s not like any of us care
If you can’t deal with the consequences
Maybe you should look elsewhere
It's the same since records began
when you said it’s no job for a man
It's the same since records began
for a man if you can
It's time you dealt with your issues
It's time you faced up to what’s wrong
It's time to be less hysterical
And do what you should all along
It's fine to air your issues
It's fine to deal with your doubt
But when you start threatening others
That's when I start checking out
since records began
it’s no job for a man
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Salem Trials UK
Salem Trials started life in the northern, industrial, town of Bradford in 1987. We recorded lots of songs but did very
little... until we broke up in 1991. Reformed in 2018 and still doing very little except record lots of songs.
May 2020 we joined Metal Postcard Records!
... more
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